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| A) | Validate someone's trauma | ||
| B) | Understand the prevalence of trauma | ||
| C) | Aim to avoid retraumatization | ||
| D) | Acknowledge signs and symptoms of trauma |
| A) | Inform them that their current issues likely have a root in childhood trauma. | ||
| B) | Start asking them more personal questions so they don't feel invalidated. | ||
| C) | Inquire whether they have a qualified and appropriate professional to process their experiences with. | ||
| D) | Change the subject to avoid any risk of moving outside of your scope of practice. |
| A) | Trustworthiness | ||
| B) | Peer support | ||
| C) | Reliability | ||
| D) | Safety |
| A) | Safety, trustworthiness and transparency, peer support, collaboration and mutuality, empowerment, voice and choice, and cultural issues | ||
| B) | Safety, reliability, peer support, autonomy, collaboration and mutuality, integrity | ||
| C) | Safety, trustworthiness and transparency, peer support, communication, resiliency, and cultural issues | ||
| D) | Safety, trustworthiness and transparency, peer support, connection, integrity, and cultural issues |
| A) | Re-experiencing, anxiety, negative alterations in mood and cognition, and hypoarousal | ||
| B) | Re-experiencing, avoidance, negative alterations in mood and cognition, and hyperarousal | ||
| C) | Re-experiencing, avoidance, negative alterations in mood and cognition, and hypoarousal | ||
| D) | Re-experiencing, anxiety, negative alterations in mood and cognition, and hyperarousal |
| A) | 50% | ||
| B) | 80% | ||
| C) | 75% | ||
| D) | 70% |
| A) | Two | ||
| B) | Four | ||
| C) | Three | ||
| D) | Six |
| A) | whether they were active or helpless. | ||
| B) | their previous trauma history. | ||
| C) | personality. | ||
| D) | All of the above |
| A) | GI disruptions | ||
| B) | Feeling out of control | ||
| C) | Shame | ||
| D) | All of the above |
| A) | We should assume virtually everybody lives with trauma. | ||
| B) | We need to process all our trauma to be psychologically healthy. | ||
| C) | We typically recover well from traumatic events. | ||
| D) | About 10% of Americans have PTSD in any given year. |
| A) | Pain sensitivity can be higher in those living with trauma or with a traumatic history. | ||
| B) | Pain is only considered chronic if it has persisted longer than four months. | ||
| C) | Chronic pain has a cure. | ||
| D) | Pain is only considered chronic if it persists all the time. |
| A) | Age | ||
| B) | Genetics | ||
| C) | Stress and PTSD | ||
| D) | All of the above |
| A) | Pacing the session appropriately and asking for consent generously to not overwhelm the client | ||
| B) | Assume our client has adequate capacity or resources to complete their at-home therapeutic exercises | ||
| C) | Observing for signs of safety in the client during a session, especially when there's an increase in proximity or more sensitive information is being discussed | ||
| D) | Empower your client with supportive language and an authentic confidence in their resiliency |
| A) | Upregulated response to stress | ||
| B) | Abnormal fear processing | ||
| C) | Hippocampal atrophy | ||
| D) | All of the above |
| A) | an inability to think clearly. | ||
| B) | increased heart rate. | ||
| C) | dilated eyes. | ||
| D) | lightness in the limbs. |
| A) | always happy and content. | ||
| B) | possess the ability to respond appropriately to stressors. | ||
| C) | easily angered. | ||
| D) | in a chronic state of calm. |
| A) | Neocortex | ||
| B) | Vagus nerve | ||
| C) | Limbic system | ||
| D) | Brain stem |
| A) | The vagus nerve increases sympathetic activity. | ||
| B) | The vagus nerve connects to brain regions associated with pain processing. | ||
| C) | The vagus nerve is the 9th cranial nerve. | ||
| D) | The vagus nerve innervates with all internal organs in the abdominal cavity. |
| A) | It is part of the parasympathetic branch. | ||
| B) | It is considered the "social engagement system." | ||
| C) | A ventral vagal state is a safe, therapeutic state. | ||
| D) | All of the above |
| A) | Tell them everything is okay, and they should calm down. | ||
| B) | Give them a pillow to punch. | ||
| C) | Stay calm, create distance as needed, and observe for new signs of safety and down-regulation. | ||
| D) | Tell them they need to start deep breathing. |
| A) | Tell them they need to look you in the eye and communicate more clearly. | ||
| B) | Give them time to respond and simplify your session or communication to avoid further overwhelm. | ||
| C) | Ask them to take slow deep breaths. | ||
| D) | Tell them to stand up and move around. |
| A) | There will be hypoarousal. | ||
| B) | The client may have a flat tone with minimal expressions. | ||
| C) | A client may start to dissociate. | ||
| D) | All of the above |
| A) | Ventral vagal increases sympathetic activation. | ||
| B) | Parasympathetic mobilization is our first threat response. | ||
| C) | Ventral vagal is considered a survival state. | ||
| D) | Ventral vagal is considered a "physiological state of safety." |
| A) | overwhelm. | ||
| B) | feeling out of control. | ||
| C) | fear. | ||
| D) | All of the above |
| A) | It is critical to self-regulation. | ||
| B) | We can use co-regulation to control how someone feels or responds. | ||
| C) | It requires deep breathing exercises. | ||
| D) | None of the above |